Lea: “idiot,” I muttered to myself, growing somewhat angry with the fact that the Alpha actually asked me to come for him to tell me that he didn’t want anything to do with me. “As if I wanted to be with a man like yourself. Arrogant and stupid, and you never even bothered to say thank you.” I cut the grass that was on the ground under me as I sat in front of one of the trees. I have been doing it for a while now, and I threw it back on the floor. “I am curious as to what the poor grass has done to piss you off as much as it has.” He, Ezra, said, approaching me. “Don’t mind me, but you clearly seem to be very angry with it.” I removed my hand from the grass that I was about to cut and the man chuckled, shaking his head at me. “I didn’t thank you for what you did for me.” I said, and he raised his hands in mock surrender. “I wouldn’t want to end up having my limbs ripped apart for offending you.” He said, and I rolled my eyes. “I was just trying to lighten the mood.” “At a ver
Diego: “Come on.” I said, looking at Lea who was aimlessly walking around the pack grounds. I didn’t know where Giovanni was, but I was sure that he spoke to her, and judging by the anger that I saw in her eyes toward me, I knew that it might not have gone the way that I wanted it to. But right now, that was the least of my concerns. She didn’t respond, but she did walk forward as she entered the house, knowing that we were going to be leaving to the pack. The pain that I read in her body language was not one that I liked, nor was it one that I wanted to see, but I did not aim to change it. If anything, she knew who she was in comparison to who I am. Vieri and Mario saw us by the door, and I extended my hand to shake the Alpha’s. “I am forever thankful for what you have done for me and my pack. I wouldn’t have known what I would have done if you hadn’t found her.” Vieri looked at Lea for a second and then at me. “She is a strong girl, she would have managed to find her way bac
Lea:I had to admit, I didn’t expect, not for one second, that I would be coming back here after my father passed away.The pain that I felt after losing him was one that I didn’t think I would be able to overcome easily, and I knew that I was just stabbed in the gut the second that I entered this place.For it was one reason to be coming here, but a whole other reason to be handling the pain of knowing that I saw him alive as the two of us walked through this front door. He looked weary, but he was content that things were going to be okay. And though he refused to tell me what he was worried about, I knew that he seemed to be optimistic about getting it solved and taken care of.“Lea, how are you?” Alpha Cosimo asked, smiling at me. I could tell that the man was surprised and that he was forcing a smile. The man didn’t expect to see me here, but then again, I didn’t expect to find myself being by his son’s side in the first place.“I have been well, Alpha, thank you for asking.” I s
Diego: “I am amazed to see that you are as frightened of the woman as you are. Never did I expect to see you dismissing one because you wanted to talk.” He said, knowing that he was playing on a very thin line right now. The anger that I felt boiling inside me was one that I didn’t know how to describe, but I knew one thing, the man was going to be regretting the way that he was speaking to me the second that I was able to take him down. I just needed to grow stronger, and I was going to be sure that he eats his own words before he is able to say them. “Or is it the fact that you are afraid that I am going to tell her that you…?” “I am not afraid of her, nor am I afraid of what you think that you can do.” I said, stopping the man. His eyes hardened, and I knew that underestimating him was a bad idea. But he had to understand that underestimating what I could do was going to be fatal for him too. The man didn’t understand that he was growing older, and I was growing stronger. This ga
Lea: “Are you okay?” I asked, noticing that the Alpha was not only quiet, but was looking out of the window as if he'd been struck by lightning. He jumped at my question, and I looked down at my lap, regretting even speaking when I saw his anger being directed at me. It wasn’t long lived though as he forced himself to calm down before nodding at me. “I am just thinking,” he said, and I nodded. “I can tell,” I said, and he smiled. “Your madre wouldn’t want to see you in this state. I do suggest that you try and calm down. She would feel the slightest of changes in you, and you are still sore and injured regardless of theoretically healing, you are going to need more time to properly recover.” “Why are you this kind to me?” He asked, taking me off guard. “I was a jerk to you and yet…” “I do not need you to be kind to me for me to return the act. Plus, I am not even being kind to YOU. I am concerned about your mother who will be worried about you when she sees you in this state.”
Diego:“You could have been badly hurt, Diego. How could you go to them when you know that they are not allies? They could have killed…”“The Alpha and Beta are Lea’s great uncle and grandfather.” I said, stopping mom. Renata, who was sitting on the couch, looking as proud as she was, straightened just as both Lea and Giovanni entered the living room. “Wait, wait, she is an Alpha blood?” Renata asked, looking at Lea. I took a deep breath, still furious with the woman. But I knew better than to fight or argue with her right now. The woman knew that she was playing on thin ice with me, but I knew that this was something that surprised her. Mom looked at Lea for a second, now seeming a lot more interested in what happened.“They invited us over when they found out that she was part of my pack right now.” I said, looking at Lea. She smiled and mom extended a hand for her. Lea frowned in confusion, but mom tapped the armrest of the couch that she was sitting on. Lea smiled and sat down by
Lea:“You really do seem to think that you and Diego will ever be more…”“What do you want from me, Renata?” I asked, stopping the woman. Her eyes hardened as she looked at me, and I shook my head in question, waiting for the response that she was going to give me.Truth be told, I already expected her to be coming to talk to me, but what I didn’t expect was for her to be as calm. “I want you to stay away from my mate,” she said, and I nodded.“I am not approaching him.” I said, giving her the best sarcastic smile that I could muster. “Considering the fact that I have been tending to my own business…”“You should have left,” she said, shaking her head. “You said that you were going to leave.”“Well, I did not.” I said, snapping at her. “Grow the hell up and accept that you are not the center of attention, not mine, and definitely not Diego’s. And while I don’t want to claim that you are wrong for wanting to be with your mate…”“You know nothing about what I want and do not want.” She
Diego:I looked at Lea who was just as shocked as I was about the fact that I accepted, if I could call it that, her as my mate.But her words to Giovanni made all the difference to me, and though she didn’t know it, I couldn’t find myself thinking of hurting her after what I heard her say. And that was something that I did hope that she would try to understand one day.I had to be honest with her too, and I didn’t know how I was going to manage doing so when I put myself in such a situation. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to look at her if it was her. I shouldn’t be expecting her to do the same when I put her through this.“Diego, are you okay?” Lea asked, shaking her head in question after Renata walked out. “Don’t get me wrong, but you have been acting odd since we got here, and now I can’t help but find myself wondering whether or not you are okay.” “I am fine,” I said, and she frowned. “It doesn’t seem like it, and I am not only referring to Renata. You just admitted that I was